I have just received two anonymous letters, apparently from ministers in mid-east areas.
I DID NOT READ THEM!
I threw them into the waste basket!
Recently there has been a tendency for a VERY FEW members and ministers — either dissident or for some reason wanting me to hear a voice (as in a telephone call) not knowing who is talking. If you call me anonymously on the telephone — if you expect me to listen when you refuse to identify who is talking — I shall, as I'm sure you would, hang up.
Fellow ministers, ANY of you can get through to me at ANY TIME. So can our lay members — yet some ministers have become nervous and verbal if for any remote purpose I let the membership know they can reach me if and when they feel necessary. Naturally I do have to be screened from 250 thousand members and co-workers — too many trying to get through to me at once, Like the Volkswagon ad, I'm only human. But there is no unwillingness on my part to hear from any — except the anonymous.
But let me make clear TWO important points:
1) If you wish, I will respect your privacy, and your letter will be put to no use, as an anonymous letter would — except it won't hit the wastebasket.
2) If your letter accuses someone or carries a charge against someone, that someone remains innocent in my mind unless or until proved guilty. Especially if a lay member writes something against a minister, I fully protect the minister unless PROVED in the wrong.
YES! - YOUR LETTERS DO GET THROUGH TO ME!
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